My thanks also go to all of you who have been writing and contributing to the Union Parish Web Site. It is looking good. Yesterday I had a wonderful visit with Roy and Alton Austin. Roy delivered, to me, two books right off the Press. JOHN FERGUSTON AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOLDIER COMPILED BY ROY L. AUSTIN It is well written, documented, with pictures, and fully indexed. The book has a beautiful hard bound cover (391 pages) I highly recommend this book. It covers the Ferguson, Feazel-Wise-Ausin family of Union Parish and their descendants. The price is forty dollars. I am not sure about the tax and cost of shipping since I do not live in Louisiana. Roy L. Austin 300 Missionary Court Madisonville Louisiana 70447 The book is dedicated to his Dad, Alton Roy Austin. Thank you for reading this message Sherry Gresham Gritzbaugh

Tim, I just want to thank you for doing such a great job with the archives this year! You have done an outstanding job of keeping the archives up. Thanks for all your hard work! To the list: I plan on making a trip to Union Parish Courthouse one day this week. I will be glad to do some lookups while I'm there. I can't promise photo copies of everything I look up, due to the costs. Christmas has left me a little tapped out right now. But, I will take my digital camera and may be able to get some copies with that. Just let me know! Debbie Richard Original Message: ----------------- From: T. D. Hudson timothydhudson@hotmail.com Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:30:53 -0500 To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAUNION] Thanks to our contributors! Hi again, As this year draws to a close, I wish to thank all of our contributors for their work in helping to improve the Union Parish Archives. These people have contributed records since March of this year, listed chronologically: Tom Crowe Max H. Williams Bob Reeves Jim Lee Bruce Odom Maradee Liggin Cryer Edna E. Wilson Beverly Bennett James H. Williams David Dawkins Stacy Cooper Roy Hinton Nancy Blake Jan Bennett Sharon K. Ray John N. Feazell Wanda Fuller Linda Cole Calhoun Linda Duke Lyle Smith John L. Persley Marc Hollingsworth Gina Sherrard THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!!! I would also like to say a special "thank you" to several of our long-time contributors who continue to devote considerable time and energy to put many records online to assist other researchers. These people are well-known to us for their submissions over the years, and they have continued to submit numerous items for our archives this past year: Karen Mabry Rice - thanks for being such an incredible asset to the Union Parish archives with your census and cemetery contributions and support! Shawn Martin - a huge thanks to you (and to your ten fingers!) for the huge mound of transcriptions of Union Parish censuses, successions, church minutes, etc. Your work is amazing and of great benefit to me personally as well as the archives! Debbie Richards - thanks for sharing your data with the archives and list every time you visit the courthouse! Gene Barron - thanks very much for the wonderful old photographs of people and places in Union Parish - please send us more! We have a relatively new contributor to the Archives this year - Mary Anne Williams, who has braved expensive gasoline prices, rain, wind, black widow spiders, poorly marked Union Parish roads and twilight evenings in the middle of nowhere to survey Union Parish cemeteries for us. She then comes home and types them and submits to us. Please keep it up, Mary Anne (but beware of snakes when the weather warms up!!). Thanks again to all who contribute, and please continue to send in your Union Parish materials! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== Timothy D. Hudson Union Parish Louisiana List Manager TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

Hi again, As this year draws to a close, I wish to thank all of our contributors for their work in helping to improve the Union Parish Archives. These people have contributed records since March of this year, listed chronologically: Tom Crowe Max H. Williams Bob Reeves Jim Lee Bruce Odom Maradee Liggin Cryer Edna E. Wilson Beverly Bennett James H. Williams David Dawkins Stacy Cooper Roy Hinton Nancy Blake Jan Bennett Sharon K. Ray John N. Feazell Wanda Fuller Linda Cole Calhoun Linda Duke Lyle Smith John L. Persley Marc Hollingsworth Gina Sherrard THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!!! I would also like to say a special "thank you" to several of our long-time contributors who continue to devote considerable time and energy to put many records online to assist other researchers. These people are well-known to us for their submissions over the years, and they have continued to submit numerous items for our archives this past year: Karen Mabry Rice - thanks for being such an incredible asset to the Union Parish archives with your census and cemetery contributions and support! Shawn Martin - a huge thanks to you (and to your ten fingers!) for the huge mound of transcriptions of Union Parish censuses, successions, church minutes, etc. Your work is amazing and of great benefit to me personally as well as the archives! Debbie Richards - thanks for sharing your data with the archives and list every time you visit the courthouse! Gene Barron - thanks very much for the wonderful old photographs of people and places in Union Parish - please send us more! We have a relatively new contributor to the Archives this year - Mary Anne Williams, who has braved expensive gasoline prices, rain, wind, black widow spiders, poorly marked Union Parish roads and twilight evenings in the middle of nowhere to survey Union Parish cemeteries for us. She then comes home and types them and submits to us. Please keep it up, Mary Anne (but beware of snakes when the weather warms up!!). Thanks again to all who contribute, and please continue to send in your Union Parish materials! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Hello everyone! The following items are new on the Union Parish USGenWeb Archives since the last update: 1) Successions transcribed & submitted by Shawn Martin dated 1859 - 1862: a) Marlin T. Crow b) William M. McCullom c) Susan Ann Mixon Honeycutt (wife of Austin Honeycutt), d) update on William Sutton's succession e) John B. Tubb f) Charles Larkin Gilbert & wife Permelia Taylor Gilbert This link has a table with the transcribed Union Parish successions: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/successions.htm 2) New Union Parish Cemeteries from Mary Anne Williams: a) complete listing of Crossroads Cemetery b) Dean Cemetery c) Marion Baptist Cemetery (white section) d) Ouachita City Cemetery e) Reppond Family Cemetery d) Roark-Stewart Cemetery Here is a table of all Union Parish cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/cemeteries.htm 3) Photographs of the family of John Berry Adcock and his wife Loretta Jane Gray, from James Williams: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/photos/familya-i.htm 4) Zion Hill Cemetery photographs from Bruce Odom (more to be added soon): http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/cemetery/zion-hill.html 5) Thanks to Karen Mabry Rice's work, we now have improved images from 1910 census. Pages 1 - 360 are now much more easy to read that the old images: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1910.htm/ 6) New obituaries: W. K. Rushing, 1895 Joseph A. Upshaw, 1898 Rachel Beaird, 1904 W. A. Kirkpatrick, 1904 Click here to view a table of Union Parish Obituaries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/obituaries.htm 7) Newspaper article about a stranger to Farmerville who stole a horse from a local business: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/union/newspapers/articles/1895horse.txt 8) Articles about the railroad coming to Farmerville. According to the newspapers, the major concerns of Union Parish residents between 1895 and 1905 were the severe drought of 1895-1898 (it resulted in near starvation for the poor and food aid being shipped in to the parish), politics, and the coming of the railroads. When the first Union Parish railroad opened in the latter 1890s and by-passed Shiloh, it helped spell the doom of that town (the 1899 fire that left Shiloh's commercial district in ashes was the other factor). Thus, Farmerville citizens were thrilled to learn in 1897 that the second north/south railroad through the parish would pass through their town. The arrival of the first passenger train in October 1904 was cause for a grand celebration, with Louisiana Governor Blanchard on hand to deliver a speech at the courthouse. There was also a public auction of Farmerville town lots, as businesses seemed ready to flock to Farmerville. Here are a few newspaper articles describing these events: a) 1897 - Railroad coming to Farmerville b) 1904 "Gazette" editorial by J. G. Trimble about the railroad coming to Farmerville and the hopes for a "new" Farmerville. c) 1904 article about the Barbecue Celebration to commemorate the arrival of the railroad to Farmerville d) 1904 article about Governor Blanchard's speech in Farmerville These articles are all indexed here: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/newspapers/unionnewsarticles.htm Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hello all, Would the person to whom I should send files please contact me? I have an update to Beech Grove Cemetery. Thank you. Gina Sherrard ===== When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. Elizabeth Bowen __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

Once again, I am sorry for the numerous "junk" messages from me to the list, all of which dealt with the same "new" material on the archives. I sent out several messages containing the same information before I realized that my computer was fine and the list was not working. Also, a few of those were duplicated by rootsweb when they fixed the problem, causing a lot of "junk email" from this list. Hopefully everything is working ok now. Due to various distractions, I am behind in posting material to the archives. I have numerous photographs that I will try to get up in early December. Please have patience with me! Below is the new material on the archives since last week. Please join me in applauding our contributors - Shawn Martin and Mary Anne Williams, both of whom continue to do great work for us. Shawn continues her succession transcriptions and is also working on the 1900 census transcriptions for us. Mary Anne and her husband have traipsed through a number of Union Parish cemeteries recently, surveying them for the archives. Shawn and Mary Anne: thanks so much for your efforts!! Also thanks to Karen Mabry Rice for her ongoing work to format things the files correctly. 1) Shawn submitted these 1860 - 1862 Union Parish Successions this week: Dr. Franklin L. Cook John A. G. Davis Solomon Feazle Isaac A. Hill Job M. Williams Go to this link to see the transcriptions: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unionsuccessions.htm 2) Mary Anne contributed these Union Parish cemeteries: Cook Dean Enterprise Spigener Go here to see the cemeties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unioncemeteries.htm Coming in December: more successions, the complete cemetery surveys for these cemeteries: Reppond, Marion Baptist Church, Ouachita City, Crossroads, Roark, and hopefully, Concord. We might have the first portion of the 1900 census as well. Happy Thanksgiving!!! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hello! I apologize for the repeated emails about the same new material on the Union Parish Archives. Technical difficulties caused glitches in the Rootsweb mailing lists (they did not work for a while), and I did not realize this until after I had sent the same message three times. So, despite appearances, I have not (entirely) lost my mind! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hello everyone, Here is a list of the new material posted on Union Parish Archives since the last update. All items are filed here http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm under "Recently Posted Photographs", "Cemeteries", or "Probate Records". If you have problems getting to any of the items, please let me know. 1) Dean Cemetery transcription by Mary Anne Williams. Dean Cemetery is in eastern Union Parish, east of Marion and almost to the Ouachita River. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/union/cemeteries/dean.txt 2) New succession transcriptions by Shawn Martin; go here for the main probate page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unionsuccessions.htm Dr. William T. Gilbert John Stow 3) Incredibly photographs from Gene Barron of the Summit Lumber Company, headquartered at Randolph (northwestern Union Parish near Junction City). http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/summit-lumber.html 4) Photograph of the Randolph Baseball Team from Gene Barron: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/randolph-ballteam.html 5) Photograph of an unknown Spearsville woman from Gene: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/unidentified/spearsville-lady.html 6) Photograph of Joseph Daniel Regan of Cherry Ridge from Gene: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyr-z/reagan-joseph-d.html 7) Elder Woody K. Smith Family Photographs from Lyle Smith http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyr-z/smith-woodyk.html 8) Photographs of Henry C. Barron & wives from Lyle Smith http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familya-i/barron-henry-amanda.html 9) Photographs of a Spearsville log rolling, Primitive Baptist Preachers, Spearsville Singing School, and the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church building in Spearsville from Lyle, all linked from here http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/union-new-photos.htm 10) Photograph of the home of John Berry Adcock & wife Loretta Gray of Bernice, about 1905 http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familya-i/adcock-home.html 11) Photographs of Uncle Minor and Aunt Nannie Ogden of Spearsville, from Gene Barron & Lyle Smith: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyj-q/ogden-minor-nannie.html Tim Hudson _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hi Shawn, Can you walk me thru this again. I can get to a Word doc where the holdings are, but it won't load up. I would like to see their holdings on Union Parish, Thanks, Sandra Van Wyk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Martin" <smarcmar@direcway.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:10 AM Subject: [LAUNION] Big correction and apology > List members, > I must apologize for my last message. I said Virginia Tech, when I should have said Louisiana Tech. I guess you all now know where I live. If the URL that I type in the body of the last message does not work the following will get you there. > > Google search for "Prescott Memorial Library" > Click on "Site Search" > Search for "Union Parish" > This will take you to the "Special Collections Listings" > > Again, I apology for any confusion my "senior moment" may have caused. > > Shawn Martin > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello everyone, Here is a list of the new material posted on Union Parish Archives since the last update. All items are filed here http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm under "Recently Posted Photographs", "Cemeteries", or "Probate Records". If you have problems getting to any of the items, please let me know. 1) Dean Cemetery transcription by Mary Anne Williams. Dean Cemetery is in eastern Union Parish, east of Marion and almost to the Ouachita River. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/union/cemeteries/dean.txt 2) New succession transcriptions by Shawn Martin; go here for the main probate page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unionsuccessions.htm Dr. William T. Gilbert John Stow 3) Incredibly photographs from Gene Barron of the Summit Lumber Company, headquartered at Randolph (northwestern Union Parish near Junction City). http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/summit-lumber.html 4) Photograph of the Randolph Baseball Team from Gene Barron: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/randolph-ballteam.html 5) Photograph of an unknown Spearsville woman from Gene: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/unidentified/spearsville-lady.html 6) Photograph of Joseph Daniel Regan of Cherry Ridge from Gene: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyr-z/reagan-joseph-d.html 7) Elder Woody K. Smith Family Photographs from Lyle Smith http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyr-z/smith-woodyk.html 8) Photographs of Henry C. Barron & wives from Lyle Smith http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familya-i/barron-henry-amanda.html 9) Photographs of a Spearsville log rolling, Primitive Baptist Preachers, Spearsville Singing School, and the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church building in Spearsville from Lyle, all linked from here http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/union-new-photos.htm 10) Photograph of the home of John Berry Adcock & wife Loretta Gray of Bernice, about 1905 http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familya-i/adcock-home.html 11) Photographs of Uncle Minor and Aunt Nannie Ogden of Spearsville, from Gene Barron & Lyle Smith: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyj-q/ogden-minor-nannie.html Tim Hudson _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hello everyone, Since the last update, there are a number of new photographs on the Union Parish Archives, all submitted by Gene Barron & Lyle Smith. All are linked from here: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/union-new-photos.htm In particular, Gene sent some fascinating photographs of the Summit Lumber Company that was headquartered at Randolph (in northwestern Union Parish near Junction City) in the early 1900s. He also sent a photo of the Randolph Baseball Team and one of an unidentified Spearsville woman. Lyle sent more Smith family photographs, photos of Henry C. Barron & wives, a Spearsville Singing School, Primitive Baptist Preachers, 1900s log rolling, and a photo of the old New Hope Primitive Baptist Church building in Spearsville. Both Gene and Lyle sent photographs of "Uncle Minor & Aunt Nannie" Ogden of Spearsville. Finally, Shawn Martin contributed the successions of Dr. William T. Gilbert (1859) and John Stow (1861). They can be found filed here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unionsuccessions.htm Coming soon on the Archives: Dean Cemetery and Marion Baptist Cemetery from Mary Anne Williams Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you are researching this line, I would love to share information with you. Sandra Carter Van Wyk, Carrollton, Texas Descendants of George W. Carter Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE W.1 CARTER was born 1780 in Maryland, and died in Ouachita Parish LA. He married RUTH. She was born 1786 in North Carolina, and died in Ouachita Parish LA. Children of GEORGE CARTER and RUTH are: 2. i. JAMES2 CARTER, b. 1819, Georgia. 3. ii. JOSEPH CARTER, b. 1824, Alabama; d. 1909, Union Parish LA. Generation No. 2 2. JAMES2 CARTER (GEORGE W.1) was born 1819 in Georgia. He married PENATHA. She was born 1828 in Mississippi. She is possibly a Leonard, b MS Children of JAMES CARTER and PENATHA are: i. GEORGE W3 CARTER, b. 1851. ii. TABATHA CARTER, b. 1854. iii. WILLIAM CARTER, b. 1857. 3. JOSEPH2 CARTER (GEORGE W.1) was born 1824 in Alabama, and died 1909 in Union Parish LA. He married (1) SARAH. She was born 1825 in Louisiana, and died 1868 in Louisiana. He married (2) MARY ELLEN GRIFFIN 1868. She was born April 12, 1846 in Louisiana, and died April 13, 1930 in Louisiana. This cemetery is also called AcreeCarter Cemetery, Point, Union Parish. Military Service for Joseph: CSA Co. E, 17th LA Inf. 1870 Downsville P O Union Parish Carter, Joseph age 47 b AL farmer Mary age 23 b LA Mary Gruily age 16 female white b LA Loulou F. age 1 b. LA 1880 5th Ward Union LA Carter, Joseph age 57 b AL Ellen, wife age 31 LA AL LA Lula, age 11 LA Rufus age 9 LA George Bunion son age 1 LA 1900 5th Ward Union Parish Carter, Joseph C., head b Feb 1822 age 78 married 34 years; LA MD SC Mary E., wife b Apr 1848 age 52 married 34 years; 12 children born/6 living; AL NC TN Hattie dau b Feb 1886 age 14 LA AL AL William son b Sep 1887 age 12 LA AL AL Willie dau b May 1890 age 10 LA AL AL JOSEPH CARTER: Burial: Carter Cemetery, Point, Louisiana MARY ELLEN GRIFFIN: Burial: New Chapel Hill Cemetery, Ouachita LA Children of JOSEPH CARTER and SARAH are: 4. i. MILLARD F.3 CARTER, b. 1848, Ouachita Parish LA; d. 1885. ii. SARAH JANE PENANTSE ANN CARTER, b. September 14, 1850, Ouachita Parish LA; d. April 19, 1889, Union Parish LA. Children of JOSEPH CARTER and MARY GRIFFIN are: iii. MINNIE L3 CARTER. iv. EUDORA L CARTER, b. March 18, 1867. v. LULA F CARTER, b. November 23, 1869, Point, Union Parish LA. vi. RUFUS A CARTER, b. March 09, 1871, Union Parish LA; d. October 26, 1950, Wilhite LA; m. ALICE M. ACREE; b. 1877. vii. COONEY B CARTER, b. December 29, 1872. viii. MITTIE L CARTER, b. May 07, 1875; d. October 13, 1933. ix. EFFIE M CARTER, b. September 24, 1876. x. GEORGE BANION CARTER, b. October 31, 1878. xi. SOUSANA E. CARTER, b. October 10, 1881; d. November 20, 1965. xii. HATTIE B CARTER, b. February 18, 1886; d. October 13, 1933. Burial: New Chapel Hill Cemetery, Ouachita LA xiii. WILLIAM W. CARTER, b. September 28, 1887, Union Parish LA; d. June 15, 1915, Jackson Parish LA. xiv. WILLIE N. CARTER, b. May 07, 1890, Point, Union Parish LA; d. June 14, 1968; m. ELBERT LEROY DEAN. Generation No. 3 4. MILLARD F.3 CARTER (JOSEPH2, GEORGE W.1) was born 1848 in Ouachita Parish LA, and died 1885. He married (1) HELEN COTTON. He married (2) FRANCIS FIFE June 12, 1870. Children of MILLARD CARTER and HELEN COTTON are: i. ALONZO4 CARTER, b. 1867. ii. UNKNOWN CARTER. Child of MILLARD CARTER and FRANCIS FIFE is: iii. UNKNOWN4 CARTER.

1850 Ouachita Parish LA census household #171 Carter, George W., age 70 b MD Ruth, wife age 64 b NC household #172 Carter, James age 34 b GA Penatha, wife age 21 b MS household #173 Carter, Joseph age 25 b 1824 in Clarke County AL Sarah, age 24 b LA Millard Fillmore, son age 1 b LA household #174 Brown, Jackson, age 18 b MS (also known as Andrew Jackson and A.J.) Pernina age 18 b MS Marriages in Ouachita Parish Penina Leonard married Jackson Brown Aug 20, 1850 Penatha xxx married James Carter. She is b. MS. It's believed she is also a Leonard. Elizabeth Leonard married James Impson July 3, 1850 Simantha Leonard married Thomas G. Malone June 1850 If you have any information on the Carters, Browns, Leonard, Impson, I would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you for reading this, Sandra Carter Van Wyk Carrollton, Texas

Hello, everyone, Here are some items posted on the Union Parish USGenWeb Archives since the last update. All items are linked from the main page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm 1) Photographs from Gene Barron of men working for the Summit Lumber Company, located at Randolph, in northwestern Union Parish (between Junction City and Lillie). These pictures give fascinating shots of the huge old logs that used to cover the piney hills of Union Parish, trains, mules and oxen used to haul logs, etc.. Be sure and read the historical information Gene supplied as well. The photos and historical information are found here: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/summit-lumber.html 2) Also from Gene is a letter written in 1914 by Izzie P. Breazeal to his first cousin in Texas following the bankruptcy of the Summit Lumber Company. Izzie worked at the company between 1912 and 1914. The letter is linked from the Summit Lumber Company page above or in the "Old Letters" section of the Archives. 3) Photograph of the Randolph Baseball Team submitted by Gene Barron. Please let us know if you can identify any of the people in this photograph: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/randolph-ballteam.html 4) Additional photographs of the family of Elder Woody K. Smith submitted by Lyle Smith: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyr-z/smith-woodyk.html 5) Photographs of Spearsville resident Henry Callaway Barron and his second and third wives: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familya-i/barron-henry-amanda.html 6) Photographs of "Uncle Minor" and "Aunt Nannie" Ogden of Spearsville, submitted by Lyle Smith & Gene Barron: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/familyj-q/ogden-minor-nannie.html 7) Photograph of a group of Primitive Baptist ministers submitted by Lyle Smith: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/church2/hardshell-preachers.html 8) Photograph of a Spearsville Singing School about 1914 submitted by Lyle Smith. Please help identify these people if you can: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/spearsville-singing-school.html 9) Photograph of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church building, 1880s - 1957, submitted by Lyle Smith: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/church2/new-hope-church.html 10) Photograph of another Spearsville Log Rolling taken around 1900, submitted by Lyle Smith: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/community/1900s-log-rolling.html Thanks, Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hi everyone, Since the last update, here are the new items on the Union Parish archives: 1) Transcribed succession records from 1861 for Alexander M. Taylor and the tutorship records of William A. and Joseph D. Cook, minor heirs of Joseph A. Cook (from Shawn Martin). Records posted under "Probate Records". 2) Newspaper notice of the 1933 murder of Armon Smith of Spearsville, submitted by Lyle Smith. Record filed under "Union Parish Newspaper Articles" here: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/newspapers/unionnewsarticles.htm 3) Biography of Mary Rebecca Barron Smith, daughter of Henry C. Barron and Amanda E. Giles and wife of Elder Woody K. Smith, written and submitted by Lyle Smith. Item filed under "Biographies". 4) The following obituary and death notices, submitted by Marc Hollingsworth and me. Items filed under "Obituaries": 1855 Resolution of Respect for Rev. George Everett of Union Cross Roads (Oakland) 1901 murder of J. T. Bussell of Junction City 1904 Obit of William Edwin Davis 1905 obit of Capt. E. T. Sellers (second one) 1905 murder of Jefferson Davis Everett in Marion 1905 obit of Victoria Shute Andrews (wife of J. T. B. Andrews who died in 1885) 1905 Obit of Captain E. T. Sellers 1910 obit of Euginia Payne Perryman 1910 obit of Sarah Catherine Dean Rabun 1911 obit of J. F. Peterson 1912 obit of Jordan Gray Taylor (Jr., son of Alexander M.Taylor) 1912 death notices for these Union Parish Confederate Veterans: Z. T. Brooks, E. A. Coleman, W. A. Dumas, Hale Feazel & Charles Webb 1913 obit of W. H. Kennedy 1913 obit of Jesse Mercer Pearson 1924 obit of Thomas Allen Dean 1929 Obit of William Walter Everett 1942 Obit of Sarah Elizabeth Youngblood Everett 5) Alphabetized ordering of the new Antioch Baptist Cemetery by Mary Anne Williams. 6) Improvements of 1910 census images by Karen Mabry Rice. Karen has now completed improvements to image #1 - 241. Those images are now mostly legible, a huge improvement over the old ones. If anyone has trouble getting to these records, please let me know. Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx

Hi everyone, First, I apologize that this message relates more to computer issues rather than Union Parish history/genealogy. However, I think it is relevant to the list because several people have written me since last night about problems viewing the new items I just posted on the archives. I double and triple checked, and the new items are all there. In this particular case, most of these problems relate to your computer's internet cache. If you visit the Union Parish Archives very often and you do not clean out your computer's cache regularly, then it will always remember the old versions of any page you have previously visited. So to see the newest updates, you must always click on "Refresh" at the top of your browser, every time you go to a different page you have previously visited. Personally, I find this process annoying, so I wipe my cache clean daily (this can also slightly speed up your computer, so they say). You can do this manually, or the anti-virus vendors (Norton, McAfee) have software that make wiping your cache clean easy. I hope this helps, and let me know of any other problems. Tim _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hello everyone, Here is a list of the new material on the Union Parish Archives since the last update: 1) Union Parish 1861 Successions transcribed and submitted by Shawn Martin: Sarah McCormick Jones E. Goodwin Ashley S. Nelson Jesse R. Thompson John Watkins Alexander M. Taylor 2) Photographs from Lyle Smith: Amanda Elizabeth Giles Barron 1906 Spearsville Log Rolling additional Smith Family Photographs. 3) 1870 Parishwide Index to the 1870 Union Parish Census, from Mary Anne Williams & Karen Mabry Rice. 4) Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery survey prepared and submitted by Mary Anne Williams. She braved the wind and rain last week in eastern Union Parish to get this cemetery for us!! This is the Antioch Cemetery just off the Ward's Chapel Road in eastern Union Parish. 5) The 1860 Union Parish Louisiana Mortality Schedule (original order and alphabetized) by Karen Mabry Rice & T. D. Hudson. Notice the large number of slave deaths, ranging in age from 1 month to 83 years 6) Death notice for Tom Ferguson (1811-1910) of Shiloh I hope everyone will join me in extending a big "THANK YOU!!!" to all of our contributors, includiong Shawn Martin, Mary Anne Williams, Karen Mabry Rice, and Lyle Smith. All materials are posted on the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm Happy Halloween!! Tim Hudson _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

List members, I must apologize for my last message. I said Virginia Tech, when I should have said Louisiana Tech. I guess you all now know where I live. If the URL that I type in the body of the last message does not work the following will get you there. Google search for "Prescott Memorial Library" Click on "Site Search" Search for "Union Parish" This will take you to the "Special Collections Listings" Again, I apology for any confusion my "senior moment" may have caused. Shawn Martin

Shawn, this is wonderful information. I found the Specials Collections at Virginia Tech, but can't find the actual listings like you have below. Where do I go? Thanks, Sandra Van Wyk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Martin" <smarcmar@direcway.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:39 PM Subject: [LAUNION] Union Parish information at Virginia Tech > List members, > While browsing the Virginia Tech Special Collections I saw they had the following: > 1. "Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, LA. Church Record and Minute Book, 1850-1907. Church roll, 1850-1907, and minutes 1878-1907, of an early Union Parish church. 204 pp. (see M64)" > M 64 "Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, LA, Church Record and Minute Book, 1878-1907, 1911-1966. Articles of faith, church covenant, church roll and minutes of church conference of an early Union Parish church. 2 Vols. > > 2. M 27 "Zion Hill Baptist Church Committee, Union Parish, Notes and Correspondence Relating to the History of Zion Hill Baptist Church, 1940-1941. Historical sketch of the church and correspondence between W. E. Odom and former pastors and deasons of the church and their descendants. 12 Items." > > 3. M 28 "Shiloh Baptis Church of Christ, Union Parish, LA, Church Roll and Record Book 1849, 1965-1944. Church covenant and constitution, minutes of conferences, and church roll. 3 folders." > > 4. M46 "James A. Ramsey (d. 1887), Correspondence, 1862-1887. Letter books of an attorney and prominent citizen of Farmerville, Union Parish, LA; personal and business correspondence. 3 Vols." > > 5. "Thaddeus Pardue Collection of Cemetery Records of Union, Lincoln, Bienville and Caddo Parishes, LA. Tombsstone records limited to persons born prior to 1860; incomplete records for Lincoln Parish; 3 vols." > > 6. M216 "Rodney Ruby, Family Papers, 1865. Civil War records and diary of members of the Ruby family of Farmerville, Union Parish, La. 1 folder." > > 7. M218 "Dorothy Moore Lawrence, Papers, 1929-1993. Bernice Historical Society. Materials including scrapbook from donor's student days at Bernice High School and at Louisiana Tech University plus sheet music and photographs of composer Jimy C. Williams. 4 folders" > > 8. M236 "James Larkin Dendy, Marriage Licenses, 1879. Bernice Historical Society. Marriage documents of Bernice, LA are residents James E. Coplen and Sallie Grafton. 2 items." > > 9. M237 "W. R. Lynn, Family Papers 1850-1911. Bernice Historical Society. Legal papers of Bernice, LA area residents, including land grant and correspondence. 3 items. > > 10. M238 "Martin and Lucille Porter, Collection, 1888-[1963]. Bernice Historical Society. Materials related to the history of Bernice, LA including a history of Shiloh Church, the Louisiana Farmers' Union, and the Concord Baptist Association. 3 items." > > 11. M248 "Bernice Historical Society, Newsletters, 1993-. Newsletters and other printed material of Bernice (LA) Historical Society. 1 box." > > 12. M368 "Hazel Coyne Papers, 1099-1994, Genealogical materials relating to the McCormack, Fontaine and Bruton families. 15 boxes." > > 13. M447 "Meridian Missionary Baptis Church, Union Parish, LA, records, 1856-1976. Original, photocopy, and microfilm of the records of the Meridian Missionary Baptist Church in Union Parish, LA, 1856-1976 with notes and index complied by James T. and Nancy Ballard. 2 boxes." > > There are other collections and family histories for the surrounding parishes. The list can be found at www.latech.edu/tech/library/holdings.pdf > > Shawn Martin > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Thanks to everyone that helped me out with William Travis Cherry. Jim Lee